Are CVS pharmacies illegally sharing your medication secrets with others?

When you go to a pharmacy, you expect a certain level of confidentiality. Even if you don’t know the ins and outs of the law, most Americans are aware of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) laws that protect their privacy when it comes to medical matters. However, it appears that not all pharmacy workers take that responsibility seriously, as a recent New York caseillustrates.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria found in the states, presenting a triple threat

Researchers from the Emory Antibiotic Resistance Center describe the first strain of carbapenem-resistant, hypermucoviscous Klebsiella pneumoniae exhibiting colistin heteroresistance and enhanced virulence isolated from a patient in the United States. The research is presented at ASM Microbe, the annual meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held from June 7th to 11th, in Atlanta, Georgia.

Fentanyl-Related Crimes Are Up More Than 300% Since 2016

Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid roughly 30 to 50 times more powerful than pure heroin, was involved in 45 percent of opioid-related deaths in 2016. The substance is primarily manufactured in China and is either shipped directly into the U.S. through mail services or comes across the southern border second-hand from drug cartels in Mexico, reports The Washington Post.

And The Worst City In America For 2018 Is…

At one time nearly two million people lived there, but now the population has declined to about 700,000. It was once one of the greatest manufacturing cities in the entire world, and it once boasted the highest per capita income in the whole country. 50 years ago, thriving middle class neighborhoods peppered the city, but today it has become a rotting, decaying nightmare and a poster child for urban decay. Tens of thousands of structures stand empty, and that is after the city has already torn down thousands of abandoned buildings.

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